Today The Hill reports on the Federal Election Commission’s pending coordination rulemaking here. The FEC will set new rules this year to govern the coordination of communication between outside entities and candidates and parties. The proposed rulemaking was already in the works before the Citizens United decision, but this week the agency set a public […]
Day: February 14, 2010
Schumer-Van Hollen and “Bopp-Olson”
We’ve seen the framework for the Schumer-Van Hollen legislative proposals in response to Citizens United. It’s certainly one of the details to be worked out, but will the law that ultimately emerges contain what might be called a “Bopp-Olson” provision? The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002’s section 403 provided for expedited review for suits […]
Attention to ethics everywhere, even North Pole
North Pole City, Alaska is considering ethics reforms, according to this story.